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From: cook@acsu.buffalo.edu (john m cook)
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Subject: Moving Hard Drive to new machine??
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Date: 8 Oct 90 16:51:17 GMT
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     I had a motherboard die a few weeks ago.  I had a 30Meg Seagate
Drive on it.  If I transfer the 30Meg Drive with it's controller to
a new machine, will the data be still there?  My assumption is yes.

Next, since I've experimented in the past with this process only on
machines with BIOS setup routines.  My new temporary machine is the
old kind where you needed to toggle switches to set the BIOS.  Will
this be a problem?  Do I beg for the newer machine long enough to
transfer the data I need to the network?  

Just trying to walk through all my possible problems before I waste
time trying to figure them out on the spot.

Thanks,  John